I agree but think both are true at the same time. The reality, from what I’ve gleaned, is that the instance you’re on matters (for many), but you can’t come to

I agree but think both are true at the same time. The reality, from what I’ve gleaned, is that the instance you’re on matters (for many), but you can’t come to appreciate that and what you want in an instance without first being on some instance and active on Mastodon/fediverse. So I think the solution is that there is essentially a new-to-mastodon instance or domain (of multiple servers that all work the same). It’s for people feeling out mastodon and exploring. And there can even be a time limit for accounts there to prevent accounts sitting around forever. That way there’d be one domain to point everyone to but the uniqueness of instances and the diversity of the fediverse can be maintained. Main thing that needs to be cleaned up though is moving instance. It’s not hard now, but this idea would be more attractive if it was one-button-easy. More generally, the portability of accounts across the fediverse is something I really think should be more of a thing.